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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5962171" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>Oh yeah! Whatever we pick for him, I won't let the guitar leave the store without a hard shell case.</p><p></p><p>On the electric front, I'm a bit torn. While I generally prefer tube amps and disrete pedals, I can also see that for rom life, a multiFX pedal or even a modeling amp might be the way to go. That said, my usual advice is to do what I did: buy something like a Korg Pandora (or Line6 Pod or Tascam GT-R1, etc.) and play through it with headphones until you can buy a good tube amp that really matches your needs & style.</p><p></p><p>(I had been playing electrics for 3 years that way before buying my Fender HRD Combo.)</p><p></p><p>You raise some good points on security, too. However, a lot depends on where he goes to school and who he hangs out with.</p><p></p><p>When I went to college in the mid-1980s, I was buddies with damn near half the musi department, it seemed. So everybody had thousands of dollars in equipment. Everybody had TVs and/or stereos, too. <em>Many</em> of the kids had home computers. There were few robberies.</p><p></p><p>Except my friend who went to a different school- they robbed his apartment and left him with a Nelson CD. Just the CD- they took the jewel box.</p><p></p><p>Today's kids are going off with stereos, smartphones, laptops, TVs game consoles and a host of other gizmos...most of which are far more portable than a guitar.</p><p></p><p>Besides, this is a grade-A kid who generally makes good decisions. He won't be hanging out with the backstabbers or leaving his door unlocked (like my freshman year roomie). He's also an accomplished baseball player with some moooscles on him- not exactly a skinny kid.</p><p></p><p>Still, I probably wouldn't advise spending more than $1k on a guitar for him anyways- I buy some guitars in the $1-3.5k range for myself...on occasion. Most of my personal GAS list is sub-$1k.</p><p></p><p>But I've been playing for a long time, live in a house, etc. That's the kind of thing you buy with your OWN money unless you're a 1%er, generally speaking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5962171, member: 19675"] Oh yeah! Whatever we pick for him, I won't let the guitar leave the store without a hard shell case. On the electric front, I'm a bit torn. While I generally prefer tube amps and disrete pedals, I can also see that for rom life, a multiFX pedal or even a modeling amp might be the way to go. That said, my usual advice is to do what I did: buy something like a Korg Pandora (or Line6 Pod or Tascam GT-R1, etc.) and play through it with headphones until you can buy a good tube amp that really matches your needs & style. (I had been playing electrics for 3 years that way before buying my Fender HRD Combo.) You raise some good points on security, too. However, a lot depends on where he goes to school and who he hangs out with. When I went to college in the mid-1980s, I was buddies with damn near half the musi department, it seemed. So everybody had thousands of dollars in equipment. Everybody had TVs and/or stereos, too. [I]Many[/I] of the kids had home computers. There were few robberies. Except my friend who went to a different school- they robbed his apartment and left him with a Nelson CD. Just the CD- they took the jewel box. Today's kids are going off with stereos, smartphones, laptops, TVs game consoles and a host of other gizmos...most of which are far more portable than a guitar. Besides, this is a grade-A kid who generally makes good decisions. He won't be hanging out with the backstabbers or leaving his door unlocked (like my freshman year roomie). He's also an accomplished baseball player with some moooscles on him- not exactly a skinny kid. Still, I probably wouldn't advise spending more than $1k on a guitar for him anyways- I buy some guitars in the $1-3.5k range for myself...on occasion. Most of my personal GAS list is sub-$1k. But I've been playing for a long time, live in a house, etc. That's the kind of thing you buy with your OWN money unless you're a 1%er, generally speaking. [/QUOTE]
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